Li Baihong, Li Yunlong, and Li Qing were not willing to separate their troops and attack a city wall each.
Fearing that each other would stumble behind their backs, they finally reached an agreement and sent out a team of soldiers to attack the south gate of the capital.
Following the three men's orders, 10,000 elite soldiers and 40,000 government soldiers began to slowly approach the city wall amidst the sounds of war drums and horns.
Launch a tentative siege.
Although the 40,000 soldiers attacking the city were outnumbered compared to the 10,000 elite soldiers behind them, the soldiers were so arrogant that Nangong Ye, the generals of the border army, naturally had their own reasons for calling them "wine bags and rice bags."
The formation of 40,000 people spread out, and although the chaos of the battle formation could not be said to be a complete mess, it was still a bit eye-catching.
If they could gather 400,000 elite soldiers, Li Baihong and his brothers wouldn't want to gather such a group of government soldiers who were no more powerful than a ragtag army to attack the city.
Fortunately, several people had already been mentally prepared, knowing that these government soldiers who were forced to bear the name of rebels due to threats were nothing more than cannon fodder.
The purpose is naturally to consume the defensive materials on the city wall and pave the way for the elite divisions at the rear.
The soldiers in the government also understood this truth, but they were helpless.
The rebel king behind him used a trick to make himself and others bear the name of rebels. Their names were on the military rolls, and it would be useless if they did not follow the rebellion.
Once you bear the name of a rebel, your whole family will be implicated according to the Dragon Law.
Some dull-minded government soldiers also wanted to persuade the commander-in-chief to quietly contact Li Baiyu in the capital.
As long as His Majesty is willing to pardon their crimes, they can immediately turn against each other and help Li Baiyu put down the chaos.
But there are only a few soldiers with such simple minds.
Most of the soldiers knew in their hearts that the 10,000 elite troops behind them were not only as simple as attacking the city, but also played a role in supervising the battle.
Once he and others have evil intentions and are not killed by the Imperial Guards in the capital, they will be shot dead by ten thousand of our own people in the rear.
Anyone who dares to stand still will be killed by his own people before he starts attacking the city.
The final thing is that people have selfish motives at this time, and no one can guarantee whether the feudal king behind him will have someone by his side.
I dare not agree to this easily.
Especially since no one dared to raise a banner, all the soldiers in the army could only go with the flow in the end.
The horror of herd mentality cannot be described in words.
The sound of war drums behind them became more and more intense, and when they were about the same distance, forty thousand soldiers began to charge toward the tall city wall with shields and ladders on their shoulders.
The rebels only attacked the city from one side, and the Imperial Guards on the other three walls also began to support the south gate after leaving a group of troops behind.
Guan Ninghou Lu Tao looked at the rebels who were about a hundred steps away from the city wall and waved the flag in their hands.
"Beat the drum."
"fire!"
"Trebuchet, eight-oxen crossbow, let go!"
Following Lu Tao's order, the sound of war drums on the city wall soared into the sky.
Fifty artillery pieces made deafening noises, and shells fired towards the rebels outside the city.
Suddenly, before the rebels could enter the city, they were bombarded by long-range weapons and fell off their feet.
Even the smoke and dust raised by the explosion of the artillery shell could not block the screams from under the city wall.
Li Baiyu looked at the heavy casualties of the rebels in the mirror. Although he felt sorry for the civilian soldiers under his rule, he felt extremely happy in his heart.
Since you choose to rebel, you must be prepared to die in battle.
"Old Zeng."
"We are here, Your Majesty, please give your orders."
"Send a group of imperial guards to rope down from the east and west city walls, and find a way to announce in the rebel camp that as long as there are soldiers who are coerced to participate in the rebellion, I will not argue with them and will pardon them."
"If you can help me bring order to the chaos, I will reward the Imperial Guards heavily, and I will treat their rewards equally."
"We obey the order! I resign, old slave."
After Zeng Hai left, Li Baiyu stared at the rebel camp outside the city with narrowed eyes.
"Second child, third child, do you think you are the only ones who can use mind tricks? I can use it too."
"It's just that I can't be as ruthless as you. I will do what I say and I will be rewarded for my merits."
Lu Tao looked at the rebels who were forced by 10,000 elite troops to continue attacking the city despite artillery fire, and visually measured the distance. When he felt that it was about right, he suddenly waved the flag in his hand.
"Fire arrows, shoot upward to cover, and shoot three rounds in a row!"
"Thunder, stone and rolling wood are ready."
Upon hearing the order, the Imperial Guards who had already bent their bows and nocked arrows drew the iron bows for half a month, and the arrows in their hands shot through the air.
In the blink of an eye, the already gloomy sky became even gloomier under the dense rain of arrows, and it became dark for a short time outside the city wall.
However, something surprised Lu Tao happened.
I thought that the three waves of arrow rain would cover the imperial soldiers who were famous for their food and wine bags under the city wall, and they would suffer heavy casualties under the arrow rain. However, the result was far beyond Lu Tao's expectation.
Three waves of arrow rain covered them, and the soldiers under the city wall were seen huddled together in small groups, nestling behind the shield soldiers to avoid the arrow rain.
Some even put down their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. The range of the arrow rain was greatly reduced.
Because it was shot from above, the arrow rain fell at a certain speed and its impact was much smaller after reaching a certain range. Those who were accidentally shot only passed through the armor of the soldiers and did not cause any serious injuries. The arrows that hit the helmets
It was even bounced away from a distance.
Covered by three waves of arrow rain, the number of soldiers killed directly by the arrow rain was simply negligible compared to the 40,000-strong army.
Lu Tao was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed tightly, fearing death and even fearing unexpected consequences.
Lu Tao held up the command flag in his hand with some hesitation, not knowing whether he should continue to order the arrow to be fired.
The power of bows and arrows lies in the coverage of shooting, killing enemies in a large area. The city wall only has such a large area, and just relying on a group of archers to aim and shoot will not have any effect at all.
The 10,000 elite rebels also looked at the situation of the former army's soldiers in amazement, originally thinking of driving them away again with their swords to attack the city.
Lu Gui, the leading general under Li Yunlong, rolled his eyes, remembering His Highness's order to consume the city's supplies, and stopped his personal guards who were about to step forward to urge the soldiers to attack the city.
"No need to urge them, let them attack the city on their own."
"It's stupid that good things happen. Weird things happen every year, especially this year."
"Let them attack the city on their own!"
"Got the order!"
"The general has given orders, and you will cooperate with each other and attack the city on your own."
Lu Tao looked around at the rebels who were slowly approaching under the city wall, took a deep breath, and thought about it for a moment.
"Three-stage flat shooting, the archers are divided into three teams and shoot in sequence."
After receiving Lu Tao's order, the archers began to change their formations and arrange three teams.
One group of archers leaned out of the crenellations of the city wall and fired flatly, then immediately retreated, leaving the second group to shoot.
As a result, the casualties among the soldiers were much greater than Lu Tao expected.
The rebel general Lu Gui looked at the situation on the city wall and suddenly waved his flag.
"The trebuchets and crossbows fired back, and the archers fired arrows to suppress the archers on the city wall."
Countless stones and crossbow arrows were fired towards the city wall.
"Dodge the trebuchet and bed crossbow!"
"Artillery, turn the muzzle and shoot down their trebuchets and crossbows."
"Thunder stone rolling wood, throw."
A regular visitor held a wild goose feather knife and skillfully split open a medium-sized stone that was flying toward the city tower. He looked at Li Baiyu, who was sitting motionless by the side, with a worried expression.
"Your Majesty, please retreat to the city first, so as not to be accidentally injured by stray arrows!"
Li Baiyu slowly drew out the cold Emperor Sword and stood up.
"How can the emperor retreat? It would be a loss of dignity."
"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. I will leave ten people to guard me later. You can lead a team down to help Guan Ninghou kill the enemy."
"His Majesty!"
"This is an imperial edict."
"I obey the decree."
"Brothers, follow this commander to quell the rebellion!"
Li Baiyu waved the Emperor's Sword in his hand and looked at the rain of arrows flying towards the city wall.
Several of them were lost and were split open by Li Baiyu at will.